Published Works: Critical

The Sacrifice of Polyxena: The Feminine Archetype in Greek and Roman Drama
(published under Bethany Thomas)

This paper, presented at the World Conference for the Humanities on the Isle of Rhodes in July, 2003, appeared in the 2004 edition of the International Journal for the Humanities.
It presents a new way of conceiving the Jungian archetype in a manner which can be useful for feminist scholarship through the women of Euripides’ and Seneca’s versions of “The Trojan Women.”Order “Sacrifice of Polyxena” from International Journal of the Humanities

This paper, a continuation of our research involving the utilization of archetypes in Classical tragedy, was presented at the World Conference for the Humanties in Tuscany, July, 2004, and will be published in the International Journal for the Humanities in 2005. Co-authored by Dr. Linda O. Valenty of the Political Science Department at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo.Order “Tell Me About Your Mother” from International Journal of the Humanities

Wine, Women, and Song: Feminine Archetypes and the Destruction of the Male in The Bacchae and Hippolytus

This paper, further exploring the archetypal analysis of the gender imperatives of Classical theatre, is to be presented at the World Conference for New Directions in the Humanities, Cambridge University in August 2005.

These three articles are currently being developed into a book on the subject, co-authored by Dr. Linda O. Valenty of the Political Science Department at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Katabasis and the Female Hero in Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and The Nutcracker Ballet